In 1949 he became an assistant to the organist of Westminster Abbey. He stayed in this position for two years, and then devoted himself to giving lectures for the WEA and freelance organ playing in London.
His last years in Fortrose were his most productive, and he wrote and directed numerous works for both amateur and professional musicians. Peter Maxwell Davies has described these compositions as 'beautifully crafted, transparently honest music, of great warmth and melodic fecundity.'[5]
Baker died on 24 June 1994.
Worksedit
Orchestraledit
Playground (1964)
Chamber/Instrumentaledit
Sonatina in F (1954)
Suite for Piano (1962)
Saint Andrew's Trio (1979)
Inventions (1980)
Rhapsody (1980)
Triptych (1980)
Duo (1981)
Il Magnifico (1982)
Elegy (1983)
Legend (1983)
Spring (1983)
Clachdrum (1988)
A Song for Kate (1988)
The Ages of Man (1990)
Fidach (1992)
Four Humours for Harpsichord (1992)
Eclogue (1994)
Vocal/Choral Orchestraledit
Tam 'o Shanter (1959)
Five Sonnets of Edmund Spenser (1979)
Rorate Coeli Desuper: A Hymn to the Nativity (1988)
^C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
^. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
^World premiere for music of Black Isle genius 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Ross-shire Journal (6 October 2006). Retrieved on 7 October 2012.
^Peter Maxwell Davies (2006). John Bevan Baker: Songs of Courtship and Other Works (booklet). Hebrides Ensemble. Glasgow: Linn Records. p. 3.
^. Archived from the original on 15 August 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2012.
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john, bevan, baker, john, stewart, bevan, baker, 1926, june, 1994, british, composer, born, england, longtime, resident, scotland, contents, biography, works, orchestral, chamber, instrumental, vocal, choral, orchestral, stage, pantomime, opera, references, ex. John Stewart Bevan Baker 3 May 1926 24 June 1994 1 was a British composer born in England but a longtime resident of Scotland Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 2 1 Orchestral 2 2 Chamber Instrumental 2 3 Vocal Choral Orchestral 2 4 Stage Pantomime 2 5 Opera 3 References 4 External linksBiography editHe was born in Staines Middlesex to an English father Bevan Braithwaite Baker FRSE 1890 1963 2 a professor of mathematics at Royal Holloway University of London and a Scottish mother Margaret Stewart Barbour of Edinburgh John was the youngest of five children He went to preparatory school at the Downs School in Herefordshire and in 1939 he went up to Blundell s School in Devon on an art scholarship He fulfilled his war service from 1944 to 1946 as a Bevin Boy at a coal mine at Newbiggin in Northumberland In 1946 he entered the Royal College of Music to study organ and composition His tutors included Ralph Vaughan Williams and Gordon Jacob In 1949 he became an assistant to the organist of Westminster Abbey He stayed in this position for two years and then devoted himself to giving lectures for the WEA and freelance organ playing in London In 1958 he moved north to Aberdeen to take the position of city carillonneur at the Kirk of St Nicholas in the city centre In Aberdeen he met June Findlay whom he married in 1960 They would have five children Sarah Peter Kate Janet and Rachel Baker took up full time teaching posts at Robert Gordon s College in Aberdeen at Whitehill Secondary School in Glasgow and then at the Fortrose Academy in Fortrose on the Black Isle in the Scottish Highlands It was here where he and his family made their home 3 4 His last years in Fortrose were his most productive and he wrote and directed numerous works for both amateur and professional musicians Peter Maxwell Davies has described these compositions as beautifully crafted transparently honest music of great warmth and melodic fecundity 5 Baker died on 24 June 1994 Works editOrchestral edit Playground 1964 Chamber Instrumental edit Sonatina in F 1954 Suite for Piano 1962 Saint Andrew s Trio 1979 Inventions 1980 Rhapsody 1980 Triptych 1980 Duo 1981 Il Magnifico 1982 Elegy 1983 Legend 1983 Spring 1983 Clachdrum 1988 A Song for Kate 1988 The Ages of Man 1990 Fidach 1992 Four Humours for Harpsichord 1992 Eclogue 1994 Vocal Choral Orchestral edit Tam o Shanter 1959 Five Sonnets of Edmund Spenser 1979 Rorate Coeli Desuper A Hymn to the Nativity 1988 Dryads 1990 Six Scots Songs 1991 Songs of Courtship 1992 Stage Pantomime edit The Little Red Hen 1966 1987 Ian the Fiddler 1967 Lord What Fools 1971 Watch This Space 1984 Red Riding Hood 1985 Beauty and the Beast 1987 Opera edit The Seer 1993 6 References edit Individual Page C D Waterston A Macmillan Shearer July 2006 Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783 2002 Part 1 A J PDF Royal Society of Edinburgh ISBN 090219884X Archived from the original PDF on 24 January 2013 Retrieved 18 September 2015 Biography John Stewart Bevan Baker Archived from the original on 15 August 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2012 World premiere for music of Black Isle genius Archived 2016 03 04 at the Wayback Machine Ross shire Journal 6 October 2006 Retrieved on 7 October 2012 Peter Maxwell Davies 2006 John Bevan Baker Songs of Courtship and Other Works booklet Hebrides Ensemble Glasgow Linn Records p 3 Musical Works John Stewart Bevan Baker Archived from the original on 15 August 2013 Retrieved 7 October 2012 External links edithttps web archive org web 20140620103156 http www johnbevanbaker co uk index html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Bevan Baker amp oldid 1180596353, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
